Topic: Blog Thread II: Beyond Blogosphere. (Read 769714 times)

Alex C · « **Reply #2300 on:** 13 Apr 2009, 15:47 »

I would like to stress that it's not impossible to understand, just kind of tiring. For example, my geology professor was from India and thanks to the nature of the subject matter I was often listening to him name minerals and elements I had only read about before. I wasn't completely lost or anything, but there'd be moments where I'd be a half step behind while taking my notes during lectures and such. It's a small thing, but from a production perspective it's an easily avoidable thing.

Josefbugman · « **Reply #2301 on:** 13 Apr 2009, 16:31 »

God, its been ages since I last read the sandman...

Then again, all day today I have been playing Sid Meirs Pirates! So its not like I haven't been doing anything.

Metope · « **Reply #2302 on:** 13 Apr 2009, 16:34 »

Seriously, you didn't know about Underskog until now? My mind is blown!

Metope · « **Reply #2303 on:** 13 Apr 2009, 16:39 »

That's true. Well you know about it know, enjoy!

Scandanavian War Machine · « **Reply #2304 on:** 13 Apr 2009, 17:14 »

oh man the new Black Moth Super Rainbow cd is getting all leaky on the internet! fuck yeah!

Patrick · « **Reply #2305 on:** 13 Apr 2009, 17:23 »

Jens and Kris, I don't know how you guys do it. If my sister and I ever went on the same forums we'd flame each other into getting permab& within the first 3 hours. You guys have my RESPEK.

Dear blag,

Tomorrow I get to bring my amp along to the disco where we are doing our live shows! We have rehearsal tomorrow over there, and I am not dicking around when I say that this Wednesday will see the whole country of Albania getting rocked into oblivion. Now, if only I can convince them to let me play whatever I want, I will play "Hoppipolla" by Snow Patrol (that or "Chocolate" or "Run" by Snow Patrol) and you will be able to see the flock of Ladiez on Google Maps in a month and a half when they update.

Love,
Me!

EDIT: Fuck the songs I mentioned above. I know what I'm fucking doing. "Hallelujah" a la Jeff Buckley. Fuck you, Arti, I will DESTROY YOU on Wednesday.

Dimmukane · « **Reply #2306 on:** 13 Apr 2009, 17:32 »

Quote from: Scandanavian War Machine on 13 Apr 2009, 17:14

oh man the new Black Moth Super Rainbow cd is getting all leaky on the internet! fuck yeah!

what, this is important news i need sources people, c'mon

Scandanavian War Machine · « **Reply #2307 on:** 13 Apr 2009, 17:34 »

not my link, but it's the one i used and it's fine.

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http://rapidshare.com/files/220978759/black_moth_super_rainbow_eating_us.rar

Slick · « **Reply #2308 on:** 13 Apr 2009, 17:51 »

Patrick you stop doing dirty things with that ampersand right now.

Also Snow Patrol covered Hoppipola what?

P.S. I just realized who snow patrol are. Man fuck those guys.

tania · « **Reply #2309 on:** 13 Apr 2009, 18:17 »

there's a real neat coffee shop on campus i like a whole lot and they sometimes let people play live music during the day, only lately it is 70% of the time some dude in a plaid shirt playing really bad covers by a) dave matthews or b) snow patrol and i am kind of mad at these jerks for now making me want to avoid an otherwise cool place.

Lines · « **Reply #2310 on:** 13 Apr 2009, 18:26 »

Nooooooo, not Dave Mathews! NOOOOOOOO!

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #2311 on:** 13 Apr 2009, 18:29 »

Then do something about it Tania, defend your cool place. It'll feel that much better to drink there or study there after you have.

Avec · « **Reply #2312 on:** 13 Apr 2009, 18:29 »

Fuck the free world.

Spluff · « **Reply #2313 on:** 13 Apr 2009, 20:03 »

The free world is pretty cool, guys. I mean, where else would we do our rockin'?

Avec · « **Reply #2314 on:** 13 Apr 2009, 20:06 »

Rural Philippines

SirJuggles · « **Reply #2315 on:** 13 Apr 2009, 20:07 »

Back in the U.S.S.R. of course.

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #2316 on:** 13 Apr 2009, 20:51 »

Dear Blog thread,

My dad gave me some really uncomfortable sandals for Easter. I mean kill-your-feet-even-while-standing-still bad. Is he giving me a subtle message?

Emaline · « **Reply #2317 on:** 13 Apr 2009, 21:07 »

The subtle message that he doesn't want you to walk?

Also, I once rejected a guy for listening to Dave Matthews.

Avec · « **Reply #2318 on:** 13 Apr 2009, 21:11 »

You're a cheap date.

MrBlu · « **Reply #2319 on:** 13 Apr 2009, 21:52 »

I understand her decision.

Emaline · « **Reply #2320 on:** 13 Apr 2009, 22:15 »

Quote from: Avec on 13 Apr 2009, 21:11

You're a cheap date.

I don't understand what this has to do with not liking Dave Matthews.

I asked him what his favorite bands were and he said Lo Fidelity All Stars and Dave Matthews.

Dude also kept trying to get me to sleep with him.

I made the right decision.

ETA:
I didn't know what it meant to be a cheap date, so I asked my friend. I gave him the background story, saying that I had told someone that I rejected a dude for liking Dave Matthews, and they called me a cheap date. And then said "what does that mean?" His response? "They're a dick."

Avec, you seriously need to work on your whole being rude for no reason. I mean, its not endearing to anyone. If you want to be an ass, at least do it in an entertaining, or thoughtful way. Or with a real reason. I mean, we've had some asses on this board before(Kieffer/Animal Ghosts comes to mind), but they at least were enjoyable enough and had reason enough to be dicks that we came to love them. So, if you want to be a dick, at least be entertaining.

Also, I still didn't know what it meant, so I googled it, and that's not really true. Plus given the evidence(rejecting a dude for bad taste in music), wouldn't that make me the opposite of a cheap date?

MrBlu · « **Reply #2321 on:** 13 Apr 2009, 23:05 »

Blah blah viraygo forumites

Easter Weekend, no punctuation:

Went to church on Friday morning wasn't anything too special but me and my best friend Jimmel sat beside this really hot 23 year old girl that I'm close friends with I don't understand why we're close but I couldn't really care less went home after and bombed in bed Saturday afternoon went over to my friend Daniel's house brought my new (used) ATi HD Radeon HD 4850 with me tried it out didn't work got pissed the heck off called up the guy who sold it to me and got ignorant on him no matter he says he'll check it out on Tuesday Spent the rest of the night webcaming and talking to this cute short chick that I think I like but I'm not too sure myself because she seems to have issues with past relationships and I'm not into the mixup Saturday we played games all day because I was sad that I didn't get to go to Beach J'ouvert with the other girl that I REALLY like and get absolutely wasted and in the night me and Danny saw Fast & Furious which was a pretty damned badass movie so I was happy came back and talked to short chick again Sunday morning comes Jimmel calls and wakes me up I rush to get ready for church and catch a minibus worse experience ever it was so packed I was at the freakin' door anyways again I sat with the hot 23 year old and damn I feel like a sinner slept out the rest of the day and went back to church for a presentation where I watched said hot girl dance which was AMAZING Monday morning after some bangarang noise from my parents I rushed to get ready again and managed to get that very same girl to pick me up and take us to church so we can drive for 2 hours across the country to a Youth Conference which was actually pretty fun no lie on the trip back we bungled up in the van like a Sunday morning minibus and bought Jerk pork on the way decided to go to Island Grill after hitting town and getting the word that my parents didn't wait for me I stayed at my friend's house who went to the conference and my parents picked me up and I'm here listening to 90's Hip-Hop on Last.FM radio

Damn.

DarkAvenger · « **Reply #2322 on:** 13 Apr 2009, 23:12 »

Quote from: Avec on 13 Apr 2009, 21:11

Emaline You have good taste.

FYP

EDIT REAL STUFF CAME UP:

So I learned today that The Girl is moving in the Summer to Saskatchewan. Why? Because thanks to the Scottish school system she has enough credits to graduate one year early. SSSCCCCCOOOOOOTTTTTTTIIIIIISSSSSSSHHHHHHH SSSSSCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLL SSSSSSSYYYYYYYYSSSSSSSTTTTTTEEEEEEMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!

Kylos · « **Reply #2323 on:** 14 Apr 2009, 00:10 »

Dear blog roll,

My work trousers are stinking out my room. I've not been able to wash them in too long and after working 5 days in a row - soon to be hitting the sixth - they're horrific. Walking through beer for a living isn't fun, guys.
I also cannot sleep. This could be due to smelly beer trousers, so i'm putting them in a different room. Dear god, I cannot wait until Wednesday. Bring on my first day off in ages, and please bring back the students to steal my hours again. If I ever have to work another Easter down here, I swear i'll cold stab a bitch.

Oh yeah! I got followed on my way to work. I'd just put my phone in my pocket when two guys crossed the road to walk behind me, and I mean right behind me. I'm pretty sure I could feel them breathing. So I started to walk faster, and they started making jokes about various things. The sad part is, is that they were foreign, and i'm not sure if me getting scared out of my mind was some horrible underlying racist streak in me, or if they were just downright creepy. I know they were talking about me, because they were counting my... well, it's hard to explain. As I sped up they started counting "1, 2. 1, 2..." in time to my foot steps... and that just made me more nervous, because they thought it was funny that I was scared. Where I live doesn't have the best reputation for safety, so that might have added to it I guess?
In the end, I pretty much ran to the train station and waited until they'd walked past. I'm a pretty terrible person.

tl;dr I'm a paranoid, accidental crazy racist, whose work trousers smell pretty bad.

Jace · « **Reply #2324 on:** 14 Apr 2009, 00:25 »

I think my overnight job is making me depressed. I sleep for more than 10 hours a day, I have very little apetite and I always wake up thinking about how much my life sucks.

Inlander · « **Reply #2325 on:** 14 Apr 2009, 01:06 »

Quote from: Patrick on 13 Apr 2009, 17:23

I am not dicking around when I say that this Wednesday will see the whole country of Albania getting rocked into oblivion . . . Snow Patrol . . . "Hallelujah" a la Jeff Buckley

PATRICK YOU ARE DICKING AROUND WITH THESE SONG SELECTIONS. ROCK OUT OR GET OUT, MAN!

Spluff · « **Reply #2326 on:** 14 Apr 2009, 02:54 »

Play 'Hey Hey, My My' or 'Breaking the Law'. Break some real rock out onto their asses.

look out! Ninjas! · « **Reply #2327 on:** 14 Apr 2009, 03:12 »

Just play some Green Day and be done with it.

Avec · « **Reply #2328 on:** 14 Apr 2009, 03:29 »

Emaline, the joke was directed at Blue Kitty. I actually really dislike Dave Matthews.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #2329 on:** 14 Apr 2009, 04:40 »

Quote from: Blue Kitty on 13 Apr 2009, 20:51

Dear Blog thread,

My dad gave me some really uncomfortable sandals for Easter. I mean kill-your-feet-even-while-standing-still bad. Is he giving me a subtle message?

Is this something to do with Jesus

Sir Tacopuss · « **Reply #2330 on:** 14 Apr 2009, 04:56 »

Dear blog thread,

the wheels for my bike have finally arrived, so at the moment I'm sitting outside building my fixed gear bike while listening to Rusko's Essential Mix. The Sun is shining, too.

valley_parade · « **Reply #2331 on:** 14 Apr 2009, 04:57 »

Quote from: PantsFTW on 14 Apr 2009, 00:25

I think my overnight job is making me depressed. I sleep for more than 10 hours a day, I have very little apetite and I always wake up thinking about how much my life sucks.

College does that to you as well, Jace. It's called "being between 18 and 25 years old".

Blog thread, I went to a thrift store yesterday and bought this funky-as-fuck Ralph Lauren jacket. It's all herringbone and whatever. I then stopped by my grandparents to visit my uncle, who was in town for Easter. Shocked, he noted that he has the same jacket sitting in his closet, and paid something like $525 for it.

I paid a dollar and fifty cents, who knew?

KickThatBathProf · « **Reply #2332 on:** 14 Apr 2009, 08:48 »

Quote from: Avec on 14 Apr 2009, 03:29

Emaline, the joke was directed at Blue Kitty. I actually really dislike Dave Matthews.

You probably should've made that more clear

Emaline · « **Reply #2333 on:** 14 Apr 2009, 09:09 »

I still stand by what I said.

And to make it clear, I wasn't offended. My friend was, but I wasn't. Like I said, I didn't even know what it meant. For awhile I was like, "yeah, I do prefer going to the Buttery over Bella Milano."(the buttery being this amazing cheap ass diner, and Bella Milano being this expensive Italian place), but I wasn't sure what that had to do with Dave Matthews. Then after actually looking it up, I pretty much thought "ha! Whatevs man."

Jace · « **Reply #2334 on:** 14 Apr 2009, 09:28 »

Quote from: valley_parade on 14 Apr 2009, 04:57

Quote from: PantsFTW on 14 Apr 2009, 00:25
I think my overnight job is making me depressed. I sleep for more than 10 hours a day, I have very little appetite and I always wake up thinking about how much my life sucks.

College does that to you as well, Jace. It's called "being between 18 and 25 years old".

At least at college you get to see other people every day.

pen · « **Reply #2335 on:** 14 Apr 2009, 09:30 »

Maybe change what hours you're sleeping? I'm not sure if you sleep immediately before work or after, but maybe switch it up so you can still see some people during the day?

benji · « **Reply #2336 on:** 14 Apr 2009, 11:19 »

Jace, if you're feeling depressed from your night job, one possibility is that you might not being getting enough sun. The sun does make most people happier. During any sunlight hours you do manage to be up, you should probably make an effort to spend as much time outside as you can.

Quote from: Emaline on 14 Apr 2009, 09:09

And to make it clear, I wasn't offended. My friend was, but I wasn't. Like I said, I didn't even know what it meant. For awhile I was like, "yeah, I do prefer going to the Buttery over Bella Milano."(the buttery being this amazing cheap ass diner, and Bella Milano being this expensive Italian place), but I wasn't sure what that had to do with Dave Matthews. Then after actually looking it up, I pretty much thought "ha! Whatevs man."

Being a cheap date isn't a bad thing, really. If you're just as happy going to the cheep place, I take it to mean that you're more interested in the person you're with then in what they can afford to buy you.

Caleb · « **Reply #2337 on:** 14 Apr 2009, 11:23 »

I was debating where to post this. Maybe I should post these in the "books" forum or something.

But it was something that happened to me today. So blog it.

This is what one of the other library employees posted in the YA reading room.

I think it was only about a day before someone complained.

Chickies? REALLY? Chickies?

War Stories...wtf. Are there really that many stories of modern warfare aimed at the YA audience?

Glad to know that literary sexism is alive and well...shit.

Alex C · « **Reply #2338 on:** 14 Apr 2009, 11:24 »

Quote from: valley_parade on 14 Apr 2009, 04:57

College does that to you as well, Jace. It's called "being between 18 and 25 years old".

That is completely wrong in my experience. College is often rough for people precisely because they end up pulling all nighters and budgeting their time terribly. 18-25 was easily the best stretch of my life and perhaps the first time I was ever genuinely happy... except for the stretch where I worked nights. That was a bad month and a half.

Emaline · « **Reply #2339 on:** 14 Apr 2009, 11:27 »

Quote from: benji on 14 Apr 2009, 11:19

Being a cheap date isn't a bad thing, really. If you're just as happy going to the cheep place, I take it to mean that you're more interested in the person you're with then in what they can afford to buy you.

According to the internet, the slang term "cheap date" means a person who will get drunk and sleep with you or sleep with you on the first date.

Alex C · « **Reply #2340 on:** 14 Apr 2009, 11:28 »

Please keep in mind that the internet can be really dumb sometimes. For the sake of clarity, I will continue to call such dates "easy" as opposed to cheap.

Actually, never mind, I can't see myself using either term that way. Too crass.

Jace · « **Reply #2341 on:** 14 Apr 2009, 11:30 »

Quote from: pen on 14 Apr 2009, 09:30

Maybe change what hours you're sleeping? I'm not sure if you sleep immediately before work or after, but maybe switch it up so you can still see some people during the day?

This is what I would love to do, I am doing it right now, and it is totally fucking up my sleep schedule, because I am supposed to get home, go to sleep and wake up mid afternoon then go to Kung Fu. But I end up sleeping all day because I don't want to go to work and each time I wake up I remember that eventually I have to go to work so I just keep going back to sleep. I do enjoy going outside, but I don't generally have anything to do outside, so I end up inside. Although I do occasionally pull away the blanket that covers my window.

I live a sad life sometimes, I cannot wait to stop working overnights.

McTaggart · « **Reply #2342 on:** 14 Apr 2009, 11:34 »

Quote from: Caleb on 14 Apr 2009, 11:23

Glad to know that literary sexism is alive and well...shit.

Sexism seems to be what the literary industry is built on. I am ok with using the word 'literary' there because it's followed immediately with the word 'industry' rather than 'culture' or 'scene' or whatever.

Emaline · « **Reply #2343 on:** 14 Apr 2009, 11:46 »

Quote from: Alex C on 14 Apr 2009, 11:28

Please keep in mind that the internet can be really dumb sometimes. For the sake of clarity, I will continue to call such dates "easy" as opposed to cheap.

Actually, never mind, I can't see myself using either term that way. Too crass.

I am pretty sure the internet/urban dictionary are pretty great place to look for slang terms. Who uses the internet and places like urban dictionary a lot? Teenagers. And who uses slang a lot? Teenagers.

Hat · « **Reply #2344 on:** 14 Apr 2009, 11:56 »

Quote from: benji on 14 Apr 2009, 11:19

Jace, if you're feeling depressed from your night job, one possibility is that you might not being getting enough sun. The sun does make most people happier. During any sunlight hours you do manage to be up, you should probably make an effort to spend as much time outside as you can.

This is not bad advice! I'm not working nightshift anymore but when I did, I tried to get outside in the sun at least once a day because otherwise I get sad and start saying "um" a lot whenever I had to talk to people.

Alex C · « **Reply #2345 on:** 14 Apr 2009, 12:00 »

Circadian rhythms are not to be toyed with. I was never a morning person in my teens but some of the best times of my life are when I worked at a newspaper in production a few years ago and had to be up by 4 am. The first hour or so was a bit rough, but by the time my first break rolled around the sun would be up and before long it was noon and I was walking home in the sunshine. Did whatever I wanted from 1 to 11 pm and I never felt better despite the fact that 6 hours of sleep was actually a reduction for me.

Patrick · « **Reply #2346 on:** 14 Apr 2009, 12:02 »

Quote from: Slick on 13 Apr 2009, 17:51

Patrick you stop doing dirty things with that ampersand right now.

Also Snow Patrol covered Hoppipola what?

P.S. I just realized who snow patrol are. Man fuck those guys.

Freudian slip. I meant Sigur Ros but I was thinking about Snow Patrol at the time. Either way, I decided on Buckley, so we can analyze my brain another time.

As it turns out I'm not singing this week anyway, so I brought basically 50kg of shit for no good fucking reason.

Avec · « **Reply #2347 on:** 14 Apr 2009, 12:04 »

What is this shit that you speak of?

pwhodges · « **Reply #2348 on:** 14 Apr 2009, 13:26 »

I find it hard to picture someone coming from Norway to go to Alton Towers...

Bloggg:
I needed to send an 11kg package to Portugal (eBay sale). I had looked up prices on the Internet and found a site that listed a slow DHL product for £20+VAT. So I took the package in to the DHL depot, 'cos they are really close - "£197+VAT" they said, "but if you book a pickup online, £97+VAT, or if you take it to this shop in town where we pick it up from them, £47+VAT, but your package is too long for that, sorry". So I took the package home again, repeated the Internet search, found the £20+VAT deal, and booked it for them to pick up from my office tomorrow.

Moral - trying to save businesses trouble can cost a lot of money!

Metope · « **Reply #2349 on:** 14 Apr 2009, 13:33 »

More Norwegians should go to Alton Towers, that was a pretty good family trip.

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